CC Madhya 24.118 (1975)
Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta (1975) - Madhya-līlā - Chapter 24: The Sixty-One Explanations of the Atmārāma Verse
His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 118
- nava-yogīśvara janma haite 'sādhaka' jñānī
- vidhi-śiva-nārada-mukhe kṛṣṇa-guṇa śuni'
SYNONYMS
nava—nine; yogi-īśvara—great saintly yogīs; janma haite—from the very birth; sādhaka—practicers; jñānī—well versed in transcendental knowledge; vidhi—Lord Brahmā; śiva—Lord Śiva; nārada—the great sage Nārada; mukhe—in their mouths; kṛṣṇa-guṇa śuni'-hearing the transcendental qualities of Kṛṣṇa.
TRANSLATION
"From their very births, the nine great mystic yogīs [Yogendras] were impersonal philosophers of the Absolute Truth. However, because they heard about Lord Kṛṣṇa's qualities from Lord Brahmā, Lord Śiva and the great sage Nārada, they also became Kṛṣṇa's devotees.